Dedications [Vinyl LP]

- Rare Private Pressed 1985 San Francisco Jazz-Fusion- First vinyl reissue since 1985- Comes with sleeve notes from Larry Douglas himself- 180g BLACK vinyl limited to 500 copies (w/obi strip)//Larry Douglas has ruled as one of San Francisco's top trumpet/flugelhorn players for more than three decades. A native of Statesboro, Georgia, Douglas found early inspiration in the music of his older brother Gary (who played trumpet) and his high school teacher James Blakely (who played alto saxophone). While in college, he and his group Funk, Incorporated (a self-proclaimed Earth, Wind, & Fire pre-cursor band), took first place in the national and international levels of the Budweiser Music Festival competition. He moved to San Francisco, as a member of the United States Army's Sixth Division Band, in 1975. With his velvety-silky tone and wide-ranging musical curiosity, Douglas has been one of the Bay Area's biggest jazz names for decades.In addition to leading his own Jazz-funk group, (The Larry Douglas Alltet), he has worked with